The Timber Lodge Fire occured on the Sierra National Forest August 2, 1962. Four firefighters were killed and two others seriously injured while fighting the 280 acre fire near Midpines, CA. Three members of the USFS engine crew from the Jerseydale Station -- Foreman Thomas W. Foley, John Vaun Rasch and Raymond St. Pierre -- were killed along with Martin Georgi of the U.S. Conservation Service. Two other USFS firefighters -- Roy Chapin, 41, and Kent Stoel, 24 -- survived with critical burn injuries. Family members Bill Loucks and Janice Stoel report that both Kent and Roy have since passed away from injures directly related to the burns they sustained.

Thomas W Foley, age 39, Foreman of the 6-man crew Jon Vaun Rasch, age 37, firefighter from Mariposa Raymond A St Pierre, age 23, firefighter from Merced Martin E Georgi, 39, US Soil and Conservation Service from Mariposa

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